# Gianni Moscon

Gianni Moscon (born 20 April 1994) is an Italian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the road race.

## Early life and career

Moscon grew up in the apple farms north of Trento in Trentino in the north of Italy. This led to him being given the nickname "Il Trattore", which translates to "The Tractor".

## Professional career
### Team Sky (2016–2021)

In September 2015, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with Team Sky for the 2016 season. This followed a recommendation from Fausto Pinarello, of the company who manufacture the team's bicycles, who had seen Moscon winning amateur races and spoke about him to Sky sport director Dario Cioni.
Moscon recorded his first professional victory at the Arctic Race of Norway when he won the queen stage. He later went on to win the general classification, as well as the youth classification. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.

## Controversy
### Racism and suspension

During the 2017 Tour de Romandie, Moscon racially abused French cyclist Kévin Reza. He was suspended from racing with Team Sky for six weeks. The team indicated that any further behavioural incidents would result in Moscon's contract being terminated.
Moscon was also accused of purposefully crashing FDJ rider Sébastien Reichenbach during the 2017 Tre Valli Varesine, though the investigation was dropped on the incident due to a lack of evidence, as the crash was not captured on television cameras.

### 2017 World Championships

Moscon was disqualified from the 2017 UCI World Championships Road Race after being towed back to the peloton by the Italian team car following a crash on the penultimate lap. Moscon ultimately bridged to a breakaway with French rider Julian Alaphilippe in the final five kilometers of the race before finishing 29th. Following the race, Moscon was disqualified by race commissaires.

### 2018 Tour de France incident

Moscon was disqualified from the 2018 Tour de France after punching Élie Gesbert of Fortuneo–Samsic during stage 15.

### 2020 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

Moscon was disqualified from the 2020 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne after he was caught on camera throwing a bike at another rider after a massive crash in the peloton. Upon finding out he was disqualified, he proceeded to remove his race numbers on camera for which he was fined CHF 500. Rider Jens Debusschere, at whom Moscon had thrown the bike, suffered a cut to his hand and wrist and commented at the finish line: "It’s a series of incidents and it's always the same guy. [...] It’s not only this incident, there’s many more incidents. If you ask around in the peloton about how their relation is with him, then ninety per cent will react negatively."

## Major results
### 2012

    4th Overall Giro della Lunigiana

### 2014

    1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
    2nd GP Capodarco
    5th Gran Premio di Poggiana
    6th Giro del Belvedere
    8th Coppa della Pace
    9th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
    10th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

### 2015

    1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Gran Premio San Giuseppe
    1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
    1st Coppa dei Laghi-Trofeo Almar
    2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
    4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    4th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
    5th Overall Course de la Paix U23

### 2016 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Arctic Race of Norway
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    National Road Championships
       4th Time trial
       5th Road race
    5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    7th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
    8th Nokere Koerse

### 2017 (1)

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       5th Road race
    UCI Road World Championships
       3rd Team time trial
       6th Time trial
    3rd Giro di Lombardia
    5th Paris–Roubaix
    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    7th Overall Route du Sud
    7th Tre Valli Varesine

### 2018 (5)

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour of Guangxi
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 4
    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    1st Giro della Toscana
    1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
    2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    3rd Coppa Sabatini
    5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    8th E3 Harelbeke
    8th Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx

### 2019

    4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Tour of Britain

### 2021 (3)

    1st Gran Premio di Lugano
    Tour of the Alps
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Paris–Roubaix
    7th Coppa Sabatini
    8th Giro della Toscana
    9th Clásica de San Sebastián

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 107 |
| Tour de France | — | DSQ | 84 | — | — | DNF | 135 |
| Vuelta a España | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 49 | 29 | — | 33 | — | 101 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 77 | 15 | 21 | 42 | — | — | DNF | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | 38 | 5 | 41 | 84 | NH | 4 | — | 36 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 3 | DNF | 19 | 57 | DNF | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |